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. 2023 Aug 25;42:e2022196. doi: 10.1590/1984-0462/2024/42/2022196

Table 2. Association between scores in the domains of school readiness and children's characteristics.

		Average (min-max)	Overall score		Motor		Emergent literacy		Emergent numeracy		Socio-emotional		Executive functions
		Average (min-max)	CC	p-value	CC	p-value	CC	p-value	CC	p-value	CC	p-value	CC	p-value
Child's age (months)		69 (55–72)	0.177	<0.001^*	0.221	<0.001^*	0.128	0.007^*	0.158	0.001^*	0.077	0.103^*	0.037	0.437^*
Age at entrance (months)		10,4 (2–12)	-0.018	0.798^*	0.075	0.272^*	-0.006	0.928^*	-0.045	0.513^*	0.065	0.345^*	-0.120	0.079^*
		N	Mean (SD)	p-value	Mean (SD)	p-value	Mean (SD)	p-value	Mean (SD)	p-value	Mean (SD)	p-value	Mean (SD)	p-value
Sex
	Male	216	75.6 (13.5)	0.203^†	81.4 (18.9)	0.114^†	65.9 (19.7)	0.088^†	80.1 (13.8)	0.597^†	76.7 (17.2)	0.964^†	71.8 (26.2)	0.345^†
	Female	227	77.1 (13.3)	0.203^†	83.8 (18.4)	0.114^†	69.1 (18.7)	0.088^†	79.6 (14.3)	0.597^†	77.6 (15.7)	0.964^†	73.8 (25.8)	0.345^†
Gestational age
	<37 weeks	28	74.1 (14.2)	0.348^†	79.4 (23.0)	0.590^†	62.7 (21.5)	0.225^†	79.2 (10.9)	0.387^†	75.6 (18.5)	0.706^†	70.5 (23.6)	0.459^†
	≥37 weeks	415	76.5 (13.3)	0.348^†	82.8 (18.4)	0.590^†	67.9 (19.0)	0.225^†	79.9 (14.2)	0.387^†	77.3 (16.3)	0.706^†	72.9 (26.2)	0.459^†

SD: standard deviation; CC: correlation coefficient; Age at entrance: age at entrance in the school or in the day care.

^*

Spearman's correlation,

^†

Mann-Whitney test.